Here, I as empress - Veerle Baetens & Bo Spaenc

Minnie Maes is the smallest, grayest gray mouse. She leaves no traces, Minnie is that minimal. In a world that is becoming harder and uglier, or as she says: hard-lier, Minnie withdraws. In Molenstraat 103 bus 5 is where she is Empress and wields the scepter. Here she burns her mousiness and rules her mood. And otherwise: off with their heads. But is she allowed to breathe fire in a world that is already burning? Or does she then become what she loathes: a hunter, a chaser, a colonist? Does she become that man on an imperialist victory march, with only scorched earth in his wake? And who heals the wounds then? Veerle Baetens and Bo Spaenc search for a possible answer. Veerle embodies Minnie. She gives her a voice. Bo’s music weaves through her words and forms a second voice in Minnie’s universe. Here, I as empress is a musical monologue about loneliness, power, and doubt. “Music theater in which word, song, and instruments surprise each other and go their own contrary ways.” Spel Veerle Baetens Livemuziek Bo Spaenc Script Veerle Baetens & Yoline Denys Compositie Bo Spaenc Kostuums Manu Verschuren Set, light and sound design Dries Bellinkx Foto Lennert Madou Producent Per Podium & Bo Spaenc Bv Coproductie Cc Asse & Cc Herent Dank Centre Culturel De Beauchevain & Theater Vooruit Boechout Met support from De Belgische Tax Shelter Maatregel Van De Federale Overheid